As we conclude our look into 1st grade next gen standards we arrive at the topic of Measurement and Data. We can see that they expect students to begin to learn how to process how to measure things. Some of it just relates to building things that are equal to each other. So this process is not overly complicated so I suspect they will have the students do more with this when they reach second grade. Here is the official text from the next gen standards.
Through their learning in the Measurement and Data domain, students:
• develop an understanding of the meaning and processes of measurement, including underlying concepts such as iterating (the mental activity of building up the length of an object with equal-sized units) and the transitivity principle for indirect measurement.*
Here is one activity for doing this that only requires class room items. The object of this is to order 3 objects by length. This helps to build an understanding of length and how objects relate to each other. More information on the activity can be found here: Math Activity
I have also found a great video that works with the same principle. The reason I chose this video is because it shows how math can be found in our everyday life. I feel this makes it more relate able for the students.
Overall these activities help support a healthy understanding of how we look at objects in relation to each other. Supporting a better understanding of how to compare items by length. I feel like these two items give a hands on experience as well as a visual one to better diversify the lesson. Please let me know if you can think of any other ways to teach this!
No comments:
Post a Comment